Bayonet Charge Flashcards
Start of bayonet charge
Suddenly he awoke and was running-raw
In raw-seamed hot khaki,his sweat heavy
Quote showing sounds of bullets in air in bayonet charge
Bullets smacking the belly out of the air
Quote from bayonet charge showing his patritotism turning todistress
The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
Sweating like molten Iron from the centre of his chest
Quote from bayonet charge showing him being useless in this combat
In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations
Was he the hand pointing that second?
Quote from bayonet charge showing battle stopping then resuming again
Statutary in mid stride.Then the shot-slashed furrows
Quote from bayonet charge showing reasons of why people go to war and his feelings on this
King,honour,human dignity,etcetera
Dropped like luxuries
Last line of bayonet charge
His terror’s touchy dynamite
Form/structure of bayonet charge
Enjambment+ceasura+uneven line length creats an irregular rhythm showing nature of war and his movement “stumbling”
Use of ‘he’ throughout presents all soldiers
He becomes ‘machine’ they want by the end
